Improvement in windmills



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0. E UIB. 'Wind-Mill. No; 201,286. Patented March 12, 1878.

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No. 201,286. Patented March 12,1878.

NJETERS, PHOTO-LITHQGRAPflER. WASHINGTON, D C.

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0. H. QUIE. -Wind-M1'l1.

No.'2o1,2se. Patented March I2, 1878..

UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

-. OLE H; QUIE, or HOLDEN, MINNESOTA.

IM PROVVEMENT N WINDM s.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 201,286, dated March12, 1878; application filed December 31, 1877,.

ZJall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLE H. QUIE, of Holdable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, andin which- Figure l is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a verticaltransverse section. Fig. 3 is a top view; and Fig. 4 is a perspectiveView, on an enlarged scale, of the wheel and the mechanism forregulating the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

This invention relates espeeiallyto that class of windmills which areused for pumping water from wells and it consists in the novelconstruction of the wheel and the means for regulating its speed,automatically or by hand, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawing, A is the frame-work or scaffolding of my improvedwindmill. At the top thereof is secured a ring, B, having recesses, inwhich are pivoted casters 1) b. O is another ring, placed on top of ringB, and having a cylinder, 1), passing down through the latter, andsecured in position by a ring or sleeve, 01, attached to the frame-workA. Ring 0, with cylinder D, revolves upon ring B.

The ring or turn-table G has two uprights, a at, having bearings for thecrank-shaft F, which projects beyond the former. The uprights a a, whichare connected by a crosspiece, f, also have laterally-projectin gbrackets c c e c, the former of which, 0 0, form bearings for thesliding rods G Gr, which are connected, behind upright a, by across-piece, g. Some distance in front of upright a they are united byanother cross-piece, g (of the construction hereinafter described,) thusforming a complete sliding frame, which is forced in a forward directionby springs h h, coiled around rods G G, and resting against brackets c 0and plugs 41 i in the forward end of rods G G.

Upon the projecting end of crank-shaft F is keyed the frame of thewind-wheel E. This consists of a solid or skeleton disk, h, havingradial arms h h, upon which the sections 70 k of the wind-wheel arepivoted. Behind the disk his another disk, K, keyed upon the shaft, uponwhich it slides, and having radial arms is 7a, to the ends of which arepivoted hooks l l, engaging with staples m m in the several sections ofthe wheel. The cross-piece g, which forms the front part of the slidingframe hereinbefore mentioned, forms a ring or collar, 1 which encirclesthe butt or base K of disk K, to which it is connected in such a mannerthat while the latter may revolve freely, it will slide back upon theshaft F when the frame is withdrawn.

The brackets e 6' upon uprights a a have grooved pulleys or casters n n.N is a rope attached to cross-piece g of the sliding frame, passed overone of the pulleys n, down under shaft F, up again on the other side,over the other pulley, n, and finally secured to the other side ofcross-piece g N is another rope, similarly attached to cross-piece g,and passed over the pulleys n n. The loops of ropes N N, which hang downinside cylinder D, are attached to the upper ends of two rods, 0 O,which slide along the sucker-rod B. This latter is provided with aswivel-joint, 1', below which it is attached to the piston-rod of thepump.

V is the vane, which is attached to the rear upright a on top of ring 0.

The operation of my improved windmill is as follows: When the wind blowsbriskly and steadily the wheel is self-regulating, as the sections ofwhich it is composed, when the wind blows with increased force, willturn on their pivots, so as to present a smaller surface, thuspreventing the wheel from rotating too fast; but when it becomesnecessary to regulate the wheel by hand, this can be easily done bymeans of the rods 0 O, (the lower ends of which are sufficiently closeto the ground to be easily reached.) When the former of these is pulledthe sliding frame is slid backward, thus turning the wheel-sections,through the intermediate mechanism described, to any de sired extent;while to return the frame to its original position, (and with it thewheel-sections,) it is only necessary to release rod 0 and pull on rod0, this latter operation, which is against the wind, being aided by thecoiled springs h h. The ring G, as before described,

7 serves as a turn-table,whieh, operated by vane V, turns the wheel andoperating machinery to the Wind.

' Having thus described myinvention, I claim and desire to secure byLettersPatent of the United States The turn-table G, having uprights-aa, 'pro- 7 vided with lateral brackets c o, sliding frame G G g g,crank-shaftRsliding disk K, having arms 70 and pivoted hooks l, andwind-wheel H, composed of pivoted sections hh, all com- 'bined. andoperating substantially in the man-

